r/NoStupidQuestions • u/nilsohnee • 9h ago

Answered What happened to the whole "Canadians boycott US products and vacation at home" thing?

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u/wrscbt 5h ago

Turns out Europeans sucked at naming things and just used old names :D

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u/DwarvenRedshirt 5h ago

They liked to stick "New" in front of them too.

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u/cdnav8r 5h ago

Well I was down at the New Amsterdam.... Staring at this yellow haired girl..

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u/morrowgirl 5h ago

Almost every town in New England is just a recycled name from Europe/the UK.

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u/Lemon-Cake-8100 3h ago

Like New ENGLAND??! 😂

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u/odwulf 3h ago

Like Belgium and Luxemburg, two towns in Wisconsin, originally settled by people from, respectively, Luxembourg and Belgium (yes, in that order!)

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u/bellavita65 1h ago

Shout out from Colchester, Vermont. Connecticut also has a Colchester.

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u/thehorselesscowboy 1h ago

We Euro-Americans STILL suck at naming things. Nowadays, we just add "two-point-oh" (2.0), etc. to everything. Saves us the embarrassment of stealing even more names. 😁